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Blow for Mnangagwa supporters?
Seventy-nine percent or eight in 10 Zimbabweans support constitutional provisions limiting the president to a maximum two five-year terms, according to a new survey by Afrobarometer.The limits...Published: 10 Oct 2024 at 13:22hrs | 3132 | by Staff reporter
Hichilema alarmed by prospects of defeat and prosecution for corruption
When Zambia experienced democratic backsliding between 2011 and 2021, the deliberate use of legal mechanisms to weaken opposition parties played a central role. Lawfare has been a constant theme of Za...Published: 07 Oct 2024 at 17:08hrs | 2627 | by Sishuwa Sishuwa
Zanu-PF, opposition and the road to 2028
Zanu-PF's internal power dynamics regarding President Emmerson Mnangagwa's tenure beyond the constitutionally mandated two terms ending in 2028 and the state of the currently fractured opposition....Published: 29 Sep 2024 at 11:32hrs | 240 | by Zimbabwe Democracy Institute
Zimbabwe ranks top on misgovernance
Zimbabwe has been highlighted for all the wrong reasons, with three research think-tanks ranking the country as the worst in governance, corruption, and human rights violations. A recent report by Wor...Published: 20 Sep 2024 at 08:01hrs | 210 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabweans prefer democracy to military rule
A majority of Zimbabweans say they prefer democracy to any other kind of government, but only a minority are satisfied with the way democracy works in their country, a recent Afrobarometer study revea...Published: 18 Sep 2024 at 08:11hrs | 187 | by Staff reporter
Ramaphosa feigns shock at ANC decline
Despite the writing being on the wall for all to see, President Cyril Ramaphosa has revealed that it took him a while to admit that the ANC has truly failed to achieve a decisive majority in the recen...Published: 10 Sep 2024 at 10:26hrs | 1061 | by Staff reporter
'Zimbabwe's democratic space shrinking'
A new report by Afrobarometer reveals a troubling decline in democratic satisfaction in Zimbabwe under President Emmerson Mnangagwa's administration. The survey, which has tracked de...Published: 19 Aug 2024 at 07:14hrs | 127 | by Staff reporter
The death of coalitions
To drag out or not to drag Biden!What a disaster for the Democrats in United States elections!With little foresight or care, Democrats pitted a dead-man-come-to-life by the name of Joe...Published: 30 Jun 2024 at 18:16hrs | 2 | by @Jamwanda2 on Saturday
Mnangagwa must stop flirting with extending rule
PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa has been sworn into office three times in six years, and in his inauguration speeches in November 2017, August 2018, and September 2023, he promised radical reforms aimed ...Published: 23 May 2024 at 10:56hrs | 2 | by Nyasha Macbride Mpani
59% of Zimbabweans have trust in elections - Survey
A recent survey conducted by Afrobarometer revealed that 59% of Zimbabweans have confidence in elections as a means of selecting political leaders. This finding comes on the heels of President...Published: 18 May 2024 at 12:16hrs | | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe MPs urged to hold govt accountable
SPEAKER of National Assembly Jacob Mudenda has urged parliamentary portfolio committees to ensure the government is held accountable for the benefit of taxpayers.Addressing lawmakers during a ...Published: 27 Feb 2024 at 04:38hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Dembare clash, a test for Bosso title credentials
HIGHLANDERS assistant coach Try Ncube feels his club is primed to show their league title hunger this season when they kick off the new season with a blockbuster home clash against bitter rivals Dynam...Published: 20 Feb 2024 at 09:10hrs | | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe public schools ranked among the best in Africa
GOVERNMENT'S efforts to reform and continuously improve public education have not gone unnoticed after a recent survey showed that the country's public schools rank among Africa's best based on the ex...Published: 05 Feb 2024 at 04:09hrs | | by Staff reporter
Magnifying the gains from migration in Zimbabwe
THE recent World Development Report proposes a simple framework to analyse cross-border migration. It juxtaposes the motive for migration and the "match" between migrants' attributes and the destinati...Published: 29 Dec 2023 at 19:35hrs | 7 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa still squandering massive goodwill
PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa's promises to break with the past and chart a new path for Zimbabwe after the ouster of long-time leader Robert Mugabe are ringing hollow as the southern African nation fu...Published: 28 Nov 2023 at 09:18hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Sanctions on Zimbabwe are a human rights issue
The United States and her allies in the global North for a very long time, have presented, defined and projected themselves as champions of democracy and human rights defenders.Nothing could h...Published: 25 Sep 2023 at 09:18hrs | 2 | by Sam Matema
The odds were stacked against Chamisa on August 23
Zimbabwe went to the polls last week, weighed down by a cost-of-living crisis and rural food shortages, but the ruling party's 40-year grip on the electoral process suggested it was unlikely to lose p...Published: 27 Aug 2023 at 12:51hrs | | by Staff reporter
Chamisa faces a mountain to climb in his bid to remove Mnangagwa from power
Mufaro Boroma became eligible to vote under Zimbabwean law two years ago, but she will not be voting in her country's general elections on Wednesday."I didn't register to vote because I didn't...Published: 24 Aug 2023 at 08:08hrs | 17 | by Chris Muronzi
Citizens unite - Zimbabwe decides
Polls have now opened on the most important election day in Zimbabwe's modern history. An estimated 6.6 million Zimbabweans will cast their votes today in presidential, parliamentary and council elect...Published: 23 Aug 2023 at 07:21hrs | 17 | by Charles Kwaramba - CCC Presidential Chief Elections Agent
Chamisa says he is going to win the Zimbabwe election by a big margin
More than 10,000 people, many clad in bright yellow, gathered on Monday for a climactic show of support for Zimbabwean opposition leader Nelson Chamisa ahead of tense general elections.The sou...Published: 22 Aug 2023 at 06:28hrs | | by Stafff reporter
Next Zimbabwe President faces uphill task
ZIMBABWE is facing a host of pressing challenges that voters dearly want the next president to address. Persistently high inflation, elevated interest rates, and a slumping and volatile Zimbabwe dolla...Published: 17 Aug 2023 at 06:52hrs | 8 | by Jonathan Munemo
Opposition parties, CSOs are seeing shadows in elections
As the August 23 2023 harmonised elections day draws near, there has been some shivers emanating from some opposition political parties and their funders as reality now is clear that they are facing d...Published: 17 Aug 2023 at 06:48hrs | 7 | by Mukachana Hanyani
Kasukuwere begs Zimbabwe poll observers
SELF-EXILED former Cabinet minister Saviour Kasukuwere has pleaded with election observers and the international community to keep a vigilant eye on political violence during this year's elections....Published: 16 Aug 2023 at 06:44hrs | 8 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe's political parties 'dump' peace pledge
POLITICAL parties have reportedly dumped the peace pledge as they continuously disregard it by using hate speech and resorting to political violence ahead of the August 23 harmonised elections, a repo...Published: 14 Aug 2023 at 06:31hrs | 9 | by Staff reporter
More calls for peaceful Zimbabwe elections
THE CHURCH through the Zimbabwe Heads of Christian Denomination (ZHCD) has called on all political parties and citizens to desist from engaging in violent acts during this year's electoral period....Published: 14 Aug 2023 at 06:30hrs | 7 | by Staff reporter
'Sophisticated election rigging currently underway in Zimbabwe'
The climate of intimidation and violence threatens to render the upcoming election unfree and unfair, a leading civic organisation has said.In its electoral updates, Kubatana has cited a numbe...Published: 10 Aug 2023 at 20:20hrs | 6 | by Staff reporter
Religion is new trump card ahead of Zimbabwe elections
EVER wondered why President Emmerson Mnangagwa has, in one breath, donned apostolic sect robes, practised traditional African religion, on the other, and congregated with the charismatic Protestants â...Published: 02 Aug 2023 at 18:11hrs | | by Staff reporter
Rough campaign for opposition as election nears
AS Zimbabwe gears for the polls, opposition members have been arrested, dozens of Citizens Coalition for Change (CCC) events blocked and the party complains of being given little airtime on national t...Published: 26 Jul 2023 at 06:38hrs | 1 | by AFP
Zanu-PF must walk the talk on violence or be held accountable
PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa has been calling for a peaceful election campaign this year, but his party Zanu-PF has been called out several times by human rights monitors and election support groups a...Published: 20 Jul 2023 at 06:54hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Afrobarometer surveys and Zimbabwe's election outcomes
AFROBAROMETER has released findings of its latest survey in Zimbabwe, evidently generating a considerable amount of interest are the findings relating to Zimbabwe's August 23, 2023 harmonised election...Published: 18 Jul 2023 at 06:24hrs | 8 | by Rekai Rusinga
Bells toll for CCC as poll looms
It must be a hard ask and a toll order to have a sound and effective campaign for the 23 August 2023 harmonised general election if only five years ago you were the presidential candidate of a coaliti...Published: 15 Jul 2023 at 12:01hrs | 8 | by Jonathan Moyo
Afrobarometer survey, a huge indictment on Zanu-PF and CCC
SURVEY results released by pan-African research group, Afrobarometer, on the likely outcome of Zimbabwe's August 23 elections came as no surprise at all.They merely reflected what analysts suc...Published: 14 Jul 2023 at 07:45hrs | 7 | by Tendai Mbofana
Runoff highly likely in Zimbabwe elections
If Zimbabwe were to hold its general election today, Zanu-PF would win ahead of the Citizens Coalition for Change (CCC) but it would fail to get the required majority and the election would go into a ...Published: 13 Jul 2023 at 07:11hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Chamisa, Mnangagwa neck and neck
A NEW survey says Citizens Coalition for Change (CCC) leader Nelson Chamisa will win next month's elections by a margin of between 8% and 9% barely a week after another report by Afrobarometer predict...Published: 13 Jul 2023 at 07:04hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Numbers don't lie, facts are stubborn mules
THINK of a bowl of soup; you don't have to take it all to feel the taste but just a spoonful, such is the case with opinion polls that have concluded that if elections are held today, President Mnanga...Published: 13 Jul 2023 at 06:59hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Afrobarometer survey a huge indictment on both ZANU PF and CCC!
The survey results released by pan-African research group, Afrobarometer, on the likely outcome of elections in Zimbabwe, came as no surprise at all. They merely reflected what analysts as mys...Published: 12 Jul 2023 at 08:57hrs | | by Tendai Ruben Mbofana
Zanu-PF win inevitable?
A SURGE in the support of President Mnangagwa ahead of this year's harmonised elections is an endorsement of his leadership and acceptance of the deliverables that are on the ground from the electorat...Published: 12 Jul 2023 at 08:13hrs | | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa will beat Chamisa if election held today - survey
FINDINGS of a new Afrobarometer survey indicate that if presidential elections are to be held today, Zimbabwe's ruling Zanu-PF would win.The survey conducted by the Mass Public Opinion Institu...Published: 11 Jul 2023 at 07:43hrs | 5 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe pre-election survey an early wake up call for Chamisa
THE Mass Public Opinion Institute (MPOI) released the Afrobarometer survey on Zimbabwe on Monday.The survey is not all rosy for the Citizens Coalition for Change (CCC)'s electoral prospects in...Published: 10 Jul 2023 at 19:39hrs | 7 | by Phillan Zamchiya
Mnangagwa 8 points ahead of Chamisa in presidential race - survey
President Emmerson Mnangagwa enjoys an eight percentage points lead on opposition rival Nelson Chamisa going into general elections on August 23, but none of the men has a sufficient vote to win the e...Published: 10 Jul 2023 at 19:34hrs | 8 | by Staff reporter
Chamisa's battle to topple Mnangagwa
ON 23 August 2023, Zimbabweans return to the polls to elect members of local councils, the national assembly, and a president. As a country with a hyper-presidentialist system, voting will largely be ...Published: 09 Jul 2023 at 14:28hrs | 8 | by Simukai Tinhu
Chapman's anti-climax and false presidential poll start
WHEN Robert Chapman entered Zimbabwe's highly polarised political fray, some critics called him a "Zanu-PF project" aimed at dividing the youth vote.His admirers referred to him as an alternat...Published: 04 Jul 2023 at 14:02hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Youth vote litmus test for Zanu-PF
THE Zanu-PF-led government faces a litmus test in the August general election, after it failed to deliver on key priority areas affecting the youth over the past years, amid indications of a considera...Published: 04 Jul 2023 at 14:01hrs | 7 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe tourist arrivals jump 108% in Q1
ZIMBABWE recorded a 108 percent increase in tourist arrivals to 271 188 in the first quarter of the year compared to the corresponding period in 2022, indicating the sector's recovery from the negativ...Published: 19 Jun 2023 at 06:39hrs | | by Staff reporter
'Zanu-PF won't force us to reveal candidates'
The opposition Citizens Coalition for Change (CCC) says it will not be stampeded into revealing its August 23 election candidates by its opponents before it completes the selection process.Pre...Published: 11 Jun 2023 at 21:35hrs | | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe sees 100% jump in tourist arrivals
Zimbabwe has recorded a more than 100 percent increase in tourist arrivals, a significant step in the recovery of the country's cash cow hospitality sector which was still recovering from disruptions ...Published: 08 Jun 2023 at 09:46hrs | | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa's 5 election hurdles
AFTER days of political drama, anxiety and bated breath, President Emmerson Mnangagwa proclaimed the election date, setting the stage for a season of intrigue, joy and heartaches. Zimbabwe decides on ...Published: 05 Jun 2023 at 19:06hrs | | by Staff reporter
Zanu-PF's US like law gets thumbs down from foreign funded NGOs
Zanu-PF's spirited attempts to introduce a law that will impose a death penalty on 'unpatriotic' Zimbabweans is an assault on human rights to freedom of assembly, association and expression analysts s...Published: 04 Jun 2023 at 08:40hrs | | by Staff reporter
Demystifying youth participation in Zimbabwe politics
ZIMBABWEAN youth are often accused of being politically apathetic. This article will attempt to separate myths and facts about Zimbabwean youth political participation, identify who constitutes youth,...Published: 02 Jun 2023 at 06:43hrs | | by Innocent Mpoki
South Africa on the edge! National renewal needed urgently
WITH various leaders and commentators having suggested that things have gone horribly wrong in South Africa since Cyril Ramaphosa became president more than five years ago, to such an extent that the ...Published: 24 May 2023 at 17:18hrs | | by Thandisizwe Mgudlwa
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